Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 5,000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1997-08-09.

7 August 1997

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
1	1	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	15:26.62 Q
1	2	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	15:27.25 Q
2	3	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	15:27.30 Q
1	4	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)	15:27.75 Q
1	5	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	15:29.03 Q
2	6	Liu Jianying (CHN)	15:29.28 Q	PB
1	7	Ayelech Worku (ETH)	15:29.37 Q
1	8	Wei Li (CHN)	15:29.62 Q
1	9	Libbie Hickman (USA)	15:30.56 q	SB
2	10	Lydia Cheromei (KEN)	15:32.00 Q
2	11	Merima Denboba (ETH)	15:32.01 Q
1	12	Gunhild Hall (NOR)	15:32.13 q
2	13	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	15:32.25 Q
2	14	Yuko Kawakami (JPN)	15:32.71 Q
1	15	Kate Anderson (AUS)	15:36.16 q
1	16	Yelena Kopytova (RUS)	15:37.19	PB
2	17	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	15:40.82
2	18	Stela Olteanu (ROU)	15:40.86
1	19	Adriana Fernandez (MEX)	15:41.55
2	20	Olivera Jevtić (YUG)	15:43.76
1	21	Melody Fairchild (USA)	15:47.66
2	22	Chrystosomia Iakovou (GRE)	15:51.14
1	23	Marina Bastos (POR)	15:54.01
2	24	Restituta Joseph (TAN)	15:55.22	NR
1	25	Valerie Vaughan (IRL)	15:57.58
1	26	Zohra Ouaziz (MAR)	15:58.84
2	27	Amy Rudolph (USA)	16:00.87
1	28	Genet Gebregiorgis (ETH)	16:04.40	SB
1	29	Laurence Duquenoy (FRA)	16:06.02
2	30	Una English (IRL)	16:07.09
2	31	Jelena Chelnova (LAT)	16:27.63
2	32	Helena Javornik (SLO)	16:28.38
1	33	Justine Nahimana (BDI)	17:21.77
1	34	Nebiat Habtemariam (ERI)	18:26.50
1	35	Zalia Aliou (TOG)	18:34.45	NR
1	36	Martha Portobanco (NCA)	19:08.44
2	—	Anne Hare (NZL)	DNF
2	—	Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim (GER)	DNF
1	—	Maysa Matrood (IRQ)	DNS
1	—	Elana Meyer (RSA)	DNS
2	—	Carol Howe (CAN)	DNS
2	—	Annemari Sandell (FIN)	DNS

9 August 1997

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	14:57.68
	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	14:58.29	SB
	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	14:58.85
4	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	15:01.74
5	Lydia Cheromei (KEN)	15:07.88
6	Liu Jianying (CHN)	15:10.64	PB
7	Libbie Hickman (USA)	15:11.15	PB
8	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)	15:21.19
9	Wei Li (CHN)	15:24.04
10	Merima Denboba (ETH)	15:27.76
11	Kate Anderson (AUS)	15:27.78
12	Ayelech Worku (ETH)	15:28.07
13	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	15:32.83
15	Gunhild Halle Haugen (NOR)	15:37.85
16	Yuko Kawakami (JPN)	15:45.48

• 1992 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Atlanta)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 5,000 metres (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Sydney)

• Results